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Cecilia Muñoz, the child of Bolivian immigrants, has long been active in the debate over comprehensive immigration reform. She has worked as a senior immigration policy analyst at the National Council of La Raza, the nation’s largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization, and as the group’s senior vice president of research, advocacy, and legislation. During the 2008 presidential campaign, she advised then-Sen. Obama on immigration issues. …

A Republican immigration bill that would require employers to check the immigration status of new workers has drawn protests from Latino and immigrant rights groups, but it seems certain to win passage in the House of Representatives. …

Advocates for immigration reform today commended President Barack Obama for his leadership on the issue and urged lawmakers to work together on passing legislation. Business groups echoed the president’s call for comprehensive reform, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce posting a list of seven leading myths about immigration. …

President Barack Obama will use the Texas-Mexico border as a backdrop next week for a speech on the need to pass sweeping immigration reform, officials said Friday.

Obama is traveling to El Paso where he will call on Congress to fix the nation’s broken immigration system and address the 11 million immigrants in this country illegally – including 1.6 million in Texas.

“I want to work with Republicans and Democrats to protect our borders, to enforce our laws and also to address the status of millions of undocumented workers,” Obama told Latino leaders at a “Cinco de Mayo” reception at the White House.